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New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 9/2/2026

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 9/2/2026

Posted on by Bob Harrison

It time that we bring you the list of new series and special editions coming on New Comic Book Day this Wednesday. We are highlighting what you need to put in your cart at the comic shop or digital marketplace.

Holy Moley Folks! What an amazing list of new series and special editions!? There are so many must reads this week that thank goodness there is a long weekend coming to help us catch up.

We have an alphabetical list with cover art and the official solicitation text from the publishers of some of the cool new comics that are coming out this week. Check below for our PCS NOTES to find out what we just have to tell you about the new comics in question.

We have books on this week’s list from:  DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Boom! Studios, Vault Comics, Bad Idea Comics, Oni Press, and Image Comics.

We will bring you reviews of these debut issues as they come out, and don’t forget to use the comments section to let us know what you think of this list.

New Series
New One-Shots and Special Editions

New Series This Week 

Archie #1
Oni Press
Written by Ben H. Winters
Art by Fábio Moon & Jason Wordie
Cover Art by Stuart Immonen

BEING YOUNG NEVER GETS OLD! THE MILESTONE COMICS PUBLISHING EVENT OF THE YEAR STARTS HERE AS ONI PRESS AND ARCHIE COMICS PROUDLY PRESENT A GROUNDBREAKING NEW ONGOING SERIES FOR THE MOST JOYOUS COMIC BOOK ICON OF ALL!

A new day is dawning in Riverdale as New York Times bestselling writer, Edgar Award and Philip K. Dick Award winner, and Eisner Award nominee Ben H. Winters (EC’s Cruel Universe, Benjamin) joins multiple Eisner Award–winning artist Fábio Moon (Daytripper, Casanova) to reintroduce America’s favorite teenager — and begin a star-studded countdown to Archie’s 85th anniversary — with a 21st-century testament to teenage idealism and the limitless joy of Archie Comics!

For his entire life, 17-year-old Archie Andrews has had it all: adoring friends, football glory, and a natural charm that always seems to make him the center of attention. Now, through his eyes, experience the warmth and wonder of Riverdale and its near-infinite roster of residents — the popular kids, the endearing oddballs, and everyone in between — as Archie embarks on a whirlwind, all-star adventure through his town’s past, present, and future… beginning with a local film festival that’s about to turn everything upside down!

And, at the center of it all, lies an enigmatic paradox that only Archie’s pal Jughead Jones can possibly unravel…

Plus: Puzzles! Pin-ups! Bountiful bonus stories! And a veritable sweet shop of surprises that all link to the same inextricable mystery… Finally, your antidote for postmodern malaise has arrived. Welcome to the all-new ARCHIE #1!

Release Date: September 2, 2026

PCS NOTES: A new chapter in the publishing life of Archie Andrews starts here, and it is a really good start.

Black Panther / Namor: Doomed #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Ethan S. Parker & Griffin Sheridan
Art by Stefano Nesi & Jesus Arbutov
Letters by Travis Lanham
Cover Art by Dave Johnson

BLACK PANTHER AND NAMOR TRAPPED IN HELL… WITH DOOM!!!

Black Panther and Namor must investigate Hell when Wakanda and Atlantis are attacked by demons! But once there, these rival kings discover they aren’t alone, as they cross paths with the wandering soul of Doctor Doom!

Release Date: September 2, 2026

PCS NOTES: An unlikely team up may make for interesting storytelling.

Crowbound #1
Image Comics
Written by Jeff Lemire
Art by Dustin Nguyen
Letters by Steve Wands
Cover Art by Nguyen

Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale meets Cormac McCarthy’s The Road with echoes of Kill Bill and Pan’s Labyrinth when a noncompliant mother makes a dark pact with an ancient, violent Scarecrow Queen to stop a totalitarian government from taking her daughter.

Rose isn’t special. She works in the Factory just like everyone else — a dark, sprawling monolithic structure that runs along the coast and cuts the world in two. All that’s left now are desolate settlements that exist in its shadow, made up of submerged villages, derelict woods, and deadly swamps. No one knows what’s left of the world on the other side…

But when Rose’s young daughter Ava is violently taken from their shanty town home a year before she is meant to join the work force, Rose will come face-to-face with the surreal, harrowing forces outside the Factory’s walls — including a terrifying figure called the Scarecrow Queen, who has an offer: one last chance to save her daughter, in exchange for her soul.

Release Date: September 2, 2026

PCS NOTES: When this creative team works together, magic happens. Can’t wait to see what they have in store for us this time.  Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 9/2/2026” →

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 8/5/2026

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 8/5/2026

Posted on by Bob Harrison

It time that we bring you the list of new series and special editions coming on New Comic Book Day this Wednesday. We are highlighting what you need to put in your cart at the comic shop or digital marketplace.

This week’s list is chock full of superstar creators and super intriguing new concepts that have our wallets crying uncle.

We have an alphabetical list with cover art and the official solicitation text from the publishers of some of the cool new comics that are coming out this week. Check below for our PCS NOTES to find out what we just have to tell you about the new comics in question.

We have books on this week’s list from:  DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Mad Cave Studios, Boom! Studios, Vault Comics, Scholastic Books, Penguin Random House, Archie Comics, Oni Press, and Image Comics.

We will bring you reviews of these debut issues as they come out, and don’t forget to use the comments section to let us know what you think of this list.

New Series
New One-Shots and Special Editions

New Series This Week 

Chachu #1
Image Comics
Written by Iman Velani
Art by Marianna Ignazzi & Jordie Bellaire
Letters by Lucas Gattoni
Cover Art by Ignazzi

1979. Leila, a 19-year-old Pakistani-Canadian girl, stands on the cusp of adulthood, eager to experience the “real world” for the first time. With a head full of Hollywood dreams and a penchant for pulp novels, she ventures to California to connect with her estranged uncle — her “Chachu” — a middle-aged, semi-retired private eye who gained brief fame after marrying the starlet he was initially hired to find. But when Chachu’s wife goes missing once again, the two are forced on an impromptu road trip to track her down — with Leila navigating young adulthood and Chachu confronting his own mortality and regrets.

Inspired by her own coming-of-age experiences in the entertainment industry, CHACHU is the solo writing debut of superstar IMAN VELLANI (Ms. Marvel), a reinterpretation of the classic neo-noir private investigator story brilliantly illustrated by MARIANNA IGNAZZI (EXQUISITE CORPSES) and colored by JORDIE BELLAIRE (Absolute Wonder Woman).

Release Date: August 5, 2026

PCS NOTES: 

Death Vigil #1
Image Comics / Top Cow
Written by Stjepan Šejić
Art by Šejić
Cover Art by Šejić

The smash hit series is back! Bad news: You’re dead. Good news: You can join a band of Death Knights and help protect the world from necromancers and cosmic horror. The pay’s not great, but you’ll love your co-workers. So grab your spirit weapon and prepare for battle against the Primordial Enemy — join Death Vigil today!

From critically acclaimed creator STJEPAN ŠEJIC (STJEPAN ŠEJIC, RAVINE, APHRODITE lX, WITCHBLADE, Harleen) comes the exciting return of his creator-owned series DEATH VIGIL! The story of modern-age Death Knights locked in an ongoing war against the ever-growing power of the ravenous primordial Elder Gods. The only catch is you have to die first. Become a corporeal immortal Death Knight, and obtain reality-altering weaponry in the never-ending battle between Good and Evil.

Release Date: August 5, 2026

PCS NOTES: Fans of Death Vigil and Šejić will definitely be excited for this new release.

Fort Psycho #1
Oni Press / Flux House
Written by Matt Kindt
Art by Brian Hurtt & Bill Crabtree
Letters by Becca Carey
Cover Art by Hurtt

WELCOME TO FORT PSYCHO — THE EXTREME ACTION COMIC THAT ONLY STOPS TO RELOAD! From New York Times bestselling writer Matt Kindt (BRZRKR, Mind MGMT) and adrenaline-racing artist Brian Hurtt (The Sixth Gun, Manor Black), enter the 40-page first chapter of a powerful new maxi-series stocked with trained killers, secret betrayals, and the long-buried truth about the mission that led them to an off-the-grid island prison with no hope of escape…

Ten years ago, the nation of Singapore sank into the Pacific Ocean. The underground terrorist network known as the Seven Seals took credit for the largest act of terror in human history. In the aftermath, the United Nations created a strike team of highly trained covert operatives with one mission: locate, identify, and eliminate the Seven Seals’ secretive leader. The team’s clandestine affairs were to always remain in the shadows — until their final, explosive confrontation resulted in a large-scale tragedy too bloody to cover up and too tragic to ignore.

Disgraced and disavowed by the governments that trained them, the world’s most dangerous secret agents have been convicted for their crimes and sentenced to serve time side by side in the one place capable of holding them: their old island headquarters, Fort Cyclone — now known in the media by the derogatory nickname “Fort Psycho.”

And that’s where the official story is about to go terribly, terribly wrong…

Release Date: August 5, 2026

PCS NOTES: What a fantastically intriguing solicitation from some excellent comic creators. Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 8/5/2026” →

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 11/5/2025

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 11/5/2025

Posted on by Bob Harrison

Welcome to the New Number Ones!

Each week we bring you the list of new series and special editions coming this Wednesday. We are highlighting what you need to put in your cart at the comic shop or digital marketplace.

November is here. Daylight Savings Time is over in America. Grab some of these comics, make some hot apple cider, and settle down for a nice read. Along with some intriguing new series, there are some important pieces of comics history in the Special Editions section this week.

We have an alphabetical list with cover art and the official solicitation text from the publishers of some of the cool new comics that are coming out this week. Check below for our PCS NOTES to find out what we just have to tell you about the new comics in question.

We have books on this week’s list from:  DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Mad Cave Studios, Fantagraphics Books, Oni Press, Ignition Press, Dynamite Entertainment, Ahoy Comics, Mariner Books, Titan Books, and Image Comics.

We will bring you reviews of these debut issues as they come out, and don’t forget to use the comments section to let us know what you think of this list.

New Series
New One-Shots and Special Editions

New Series This Week 

Alien vs. Captain America #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Frank Tieri
Art by Stefano Raffaele & Neeraj Meenon
Cover Art by Leinil Francis Yu & Romulo Fajardo Jr.

THE RED SKULL’S NEWEST RECRUITS!

It’s World War II, and Hydra seeks a new weapon to defeat the Allies and win the war. To that end, the Red Skull has sent Baron Strucker on an expedition to the Himalayas to find the fabled city of Attilan. But instead of finding the Inhumans, Strucker uncovers something much more deadly. Much more… Alien. Can Captain America and the Howling Commandos stop the Skull and his newfound Xenomorph weapons…or will the First Avenger learn that in war-torn Europe… no one can hear you scream?

Release Date: November 5, 2025

PCS NOTES: I do like the concept for the conflict in this series. I am confident that this creative team can pull it off with excellence.

Circus Maximus #1
Mad Cave Studios
Written by Mark Sable
Art by Giorgio Pontrelli & Emilio Lecce
Letters by Dave Sharpe
Cover Art by Paul Azaceta

Rome. 64 AD. The most daring heist in history is being planned by an unlikely crew – a former slave, a Vestal Virgin, a charioteer and a disgraced architect – each with their own personal motives. While Rome is distracted by the chariot racing and gladiatorial games of the Circus Maximus, the crew plans to rob the Imperial treasury under the Temple of Saturn. But when Emperor Nero sets fire to the city, they’ll be lucky to escape his wrath with their lives, let alone the loot.

From Mark Sable (Graveyard of Empires, Miskatonic) and Giorgio Pontrelli (Miskatonic) CIRCUS Maximus is GLADIATOR meets HEAT – a blood-soaked historical thriller.

Release Date: November 5, 2025

PCS NOTES: Yeah. This sounds like a fun ride. 

Crownsville #1
Oni Press
Written by Rodney Barnes
Art by Elia Bonetti
Cover Art by Jason Shawn Alexander

SINS OF THE PAST DON’T STAY BURIED . . . THEY ALWAYS FIND A WAY OF RISING FROM THE GRAVE! From Eisner Award–nominated writer and master storyteller Rodney Barnes (Batman: Full Moon, Killadelphia) and phenomenal artist Elia Bonetti (Death of Wolverine: The Logan Legacy), enter a century-spanning tale of suspense and sorrow as true crime meets shocking terror inside an infamous asylum with a tortured past in this double-sized, 48-page debut…

Founded at the turn of the 20th century outside of Annapolis, Maryland, the Crownsville Hospital was a notoriously segregated, all-Black psychiatric institute. After decades of overcrowding and neglect—alongside darker, more-persistent rumors of patient abuse and illegal medical experiments—it was finally closed. Today, it stands condemned—a crumbling testament to a legacy of all-too-real terror inflicted on a marginalized and vulnerable community. But even as a ruin of its former self, Crownsville still casts a long shadow…

When an unexplained death inside the abandoned hospital is ruled a suicide, Annapolis police detective Mike Simms and journalist Paul Blairare are compelled to dig deeper, only to discover the reality of the horrors that once took place there… and the powerful connection they share to the anguished spirits of the dead that are still locked within its walls.

Release Date: November 5, 2025

PCS NOTES: I simply cannot wait to read this book!!! Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 11/5/2025” →

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 10/29/2025

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 10/29/2025

Posted on by Bob Harrison

Welcome to the New Number Ones!

Each week we bring you the list of new series and special editions coming this Wednesday. We are highlighting what you need to put in your cart at the comic shop or digital marketplace.

It’s a fifth week of October for new comics, and the “Special Section” has more to offer than the new series releases, but the list is full of interesting books and a bunch of Halloween themed stories.

We have an alphabetical list with cover art and the official solicitation text from the publishers of some of the cool new comics that are coming out this week. Check below for our PCS NOTES to find out what we just have to tell you about the new comics in question.

We have books on this week’s list from:  DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Mad Cave Studios, IDW Publishing, Oni Press, Ignition Press, Dynamite Entertainment, Random House, First Second Books, Abrams Books and Vault Comics.

We will bring you reviews of these debut issues as they come out, and don’t forget to use the comments section to let us know what you think of this list.

New Series
New One-Shots and Special Editions

New Series This Week 

The Beauty #1
Ignition Press
Written by Jeremy Haun & Jason A. Hurley
Art by Emanuela Lupacchino & Leonardo Paciarotti
Cover Art by Haun & Nick Filardi

Soon to be a television series produced and showrunner by Ryan Murphy and premiering on FX this fall, the smash-hit comic The Beauty returns to comic shops with a brand-new volume.

Set in a world not unlike our own, The Beauty chronicles what happens when a new sexually transmitted disease begins to spread. Only, this is a disease that people actually want, as those who contract it are literally changed into more beautiful versions of themselves. The only hitch is a slight fever and, eventually, death. But isn’t that an easy price to pay to be gorgeous?

This new series follows several characters as they deal with the Beauty and how it has changed society around them. A thief for hire on a dangerous job, a meteorologist with plummeting ratings, and special agents specializing in Beauty-related crimes will all find their lives converging in unexpected ways. And some fan favorite characters from the original series will return, as well.

The Beauty is written by co-creators Jeremy Haun and Jason A. Hurley, and this time around they are joined by superstar artist Ema Lupacchino (World’s Finest: Teen Titans) for an intriguing morality play that blends crime, horror, and action for a comic book unlike any other.

The main covers for this series are by Haun and colorist Nick Filardi (Powers)!

Release Date: October 29, 2025

PCS NOTES: A fan favorite series returns from a new and exciting publisher just in time for it to make its transition to a live-action series. Can’t wait.

Cloak or Dagger #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Justina Ireland
Art by Lorenzo Tammetta & Andrew Dalhouse
Letters by Joe Caramagna
Cover Art by Mike McKone & Rachelle Rosenberg

GHOSTED!

X YEARS LATER, and Tandy and Tyrone have tied the knot — but their bond has come with a terrible cost. Now they can no longer exist on the same plane at the same time. Reunited at last, the fan-favorite characters from the hit Marvel Rivals face a love story warped by power and fate.

Release Date: October 29, 2025

PCS NOTES: The first “Age of Revelation” new release on the list this week brings a great pair of characters back to the page.

Disney Villains: Maleficent #1
Dynamite Entertainment
Written by Paulina Ganucheau
Art by Theo Stultz
Cover Art by Ganucheau

JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS! The Queen of the Forbidden Mountain returns for an all-new tale of villainy crafted by writer PAULINA GANUCHEAU and artist THEO STULTZ!

Set in the time just after the vengeful Maleficent leveled her curse against Princess Aurora, this hypnotic new adventure follows the power-hungry regent as she sets out to build up her arsenal of magical energy to the point that she will be invulnerable to any force that would dare challenge her reign.

When her goblin minions return from a raid against a neighboring kingdom bearing a mysterious glowing grimoire, the Queen senses an ancient and otherworldly presence between its covers — a force that could deliver to her a new wellspring of nearly unlimited power. To take possession of it, however, she must leave the safety of her kingdom and venture into an unfamiliar and dangerous realm — a place from which few humans ever return!

Featuring darkly beautiful covers by PAULINA GANUCHEAU, ELLERY SANTOS, ROBERT QUINN, and THEO STULTZ, Disney Villains: Maleficent Vol. 2 #1 adds a new layer of complexity to one of Disney’s most compellingly sinister antagonists!

Release Date: October 29, 2025

PCS NOTES: I can’t think of a better Disney Villains series to debut during Halloween week. 

Expatriate X-Men #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Eve L. Ewing
Art by Francesco Mortarino & Raúl Angulo
Letters by Ariana Maher
Cover Art by Mortarino & Angulo

UNITED BY WAR!

X YEARS LATER, like the fallen and reassembled United States, the new team of MS. MARVEL, BRONZE, MELEE and RIFT rises! They have seized control of the Mississippi River waters that divide mutantkind from the rest of humanity. Feared and powerful, their guerrilla tactics keep them in control — until a high-stakes mission to extract a valuable asset threatens to tear them apart. Can they hold together when everything’s on the line?

Release Date: October 29, 2025

PCS NOTES: This one definitely looks fun. Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 10/29/2025” →

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 10/22/2025

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 10/22/2025

Posted on by Bob Harrison

Welcome to the New Number Ones!

Each week we bring you the list of new series and special editions coming this Wednesday. We are highlighting what you need to put in your cart at the comic shop or digital marketplace.

This list has a lot of high quality new stories, and as Marvel continues to roll out its “Age of Revelation” releases, Halloween themed books are finding there way to your LCS this week.

We have an alphabetical list with cover art and the official solicitation text from the publishers of some of the cool new comics that are coming out this week. Check below for our PCS NOTES to find out what we just have to tell you about the new comics in question.

We have books on this week’s list from:  DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Mad Cave Studios, Ahoy Comics, Oni Press, Boom! Studios, Dynamite Entertainment, and Image Comics.

We will bring you reviews of these debut issues as they come out, and don’t forget to use the comments section to let us know what you think of this list.

New Series
New One-Shots and Special Editions

New Series This Week 

Captain Henry and the Graveyard of Time #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Mike Mignola & Bruce Zick
Art by Zick
Letters by Clem Robins
Cover Art by Zick

An intrepid time traveler voyages to a new dimension, but the monsters he finds there may be less of a danger than time itself.

Mike Mignola and Bruce Zick cowrite and Zick (Thor, The Atomic Legion) draws this new series that explores an uncharted corner of the Hellboy universe!

Release Date: October 22, 2025

PCS NOTES: We are always interested in exploring uncharted corners of the Hellboy universe.

The Last Wolverine #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Saladin Ahmed
Art by Edgar Salazar & Carlos Lopez
Letters by Cory Petit
Cover Art by Martin Cóccolo & Matt Wilson

WHAT HAPPENED TO WOLVERINE?

X YEARS LATER, the people of Vancouver cheer a new hero: the WONDERFUL WOLVERINE, A.K.A. the WENDIGO, Logan’s last student. But what happened to LOGAN? A secret from Wolverine’s past will set the Last Wolverine on a mission to uphold his mentor’s legacy… unless a dire threat burns it all down first!

Release Date: October 22, 2025

PCS NOTES: This has an interesting idea.

Omega Kids #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Tony Fleecs
Art by Andrés Genolet & Fernando Sifuentes
Letters by Travis Lanham
Cover Art by Rod Reis

KID OMEGA’S ALL GROWN UP!

X YEARS LATER, Quentin Quire protects the dream of mutant supremacy and independence as head of the Revelation Territories’ spy network. But when a conspiracy threatens the mutant utopia, Quire and his psychic students will have to distinguish friend from foe. Has Quentin got what it takes to carry the dream forward, or will the next generation replace the former revolutionary?

Release Date: October 22, 2025

PCS NOTES: Quentin Quire in a quandary? Sounds fun. Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 10/22/2025” →

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 10/15/2025

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 10/15/2025

Posted on by Bob Harrison

Welcome to the New Number Ones!

Each week we bring you the list of new series and special editions coming this Wednesday. We are highlighting what you need to put in your cart at the comic shop or digital marketplace.

Now that NYCC is over, it’s time to check out the new releases this week. Marvel continues to roll out Age of Revelation tie-ins, and we want to point you to the special editions section this week for some very interesting graphic novels.

We have an alphabetical list with cover art and the official solicitation text from the publishers of some of the cool new comics that are coming out this week. Check below for our PCS NOTES to find out what we just have to tell you about the new comics in question.

We have books on this week’s list from:  DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Mad Cave Studios, Fantagraphics Books, Ahoy Comics, Oni Press, IDW Publishing, Dynamite Entertainment, DSTLRY Media, and Image Comics.

We will bring you reviews of these debut issues as they come out, and don’t forget to use the comments section to let us know what you think of this list.

New Series
New One-Shots and Special Editions

New Series This Week 

30 Days of Night: Falling Son #1
IDW Publishing
Written by Rodney Barnes
Story by Steve Niles
Art by Chris Shehan & Xenon Honchar
Cover Art by Shehan

IDW’s hit horror franchise returns with a terrifying new tale! The town of Barrow has moved on. Those who remember the vampiric terror of two decades past would rather not talk about it. Those who don’t remember don’t believe the stories. Ignorance will be their downfall, because a dark memory is stirring in the heart of Romania and it has set its sights on Barrow, the death place of Vicente. While vampires seek revenge for their fallen leader in Alaska, troubled teen Jalen James seeks sanctuary. After fleeing gang violence in Los Angeles, Jalen needs a fresh start. But he’s unlikely to find it as the sun falls…

Writer Rodney Barnes (Killadelphia, Batman: Full Moon) and artist Chris Shehan (House of Slaughter, The Autumnal) welcome you back to Barrow in the oversize first issue of this revival.

Release Date: October 15, 2025

Die!Namite: Blood Red #1
Dynamite Entertainment
Written by Fred Van Lente
Art by Marco Finnegan
Cover Art by E.J. Su

TIME TO DIE ANOTHER DAY! The ravening undead return to resume their feasting upon the living in the newest bloodcurdling chapter of Dynamite’s all-star supergroup adventures in the dystopic future!

Outside the crazily fortified gates of Sunset City, the zombie hordes search ceaselessly for their prey — and that means women, because the gender-targeting Deadman virus is strictly a boys’ club. Inside the walls, rival factions jockey for power under the iron thumb of Purgatori and her enforcers, the Furies — including Vampirella, who’s stuck on Earth under Drakulonian quarantine to keep the male plague at bay. But it turns out that Vampi’s not the only alien in the skies — and when someone from a certain red planet arrives on the scene, everyone’s plans will get scrambled like a Deadman on a busy highway!

The newly infected creative team of writer FRED VAN LENTE and artist MARCO FINNEGAN unleash all of your favorite femmes fatales in the epic sci-fi grand guignol that is Die!namite: Blood Red #1 — featuring skull-cracking covers from EJ SU, GODTAIL, DAVID COUSENS, and WILL ROBSON!

Release Date: October 15, 2025

PCS NOTES: When the solicitation calls it at “grand guignol”,  your horror senses perk up.

Dungeons & Dragons: The Fallbacks #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by Greg Pak
Art by Wilton Santos, Edvan Alves, & Raul Angulo
Lettered by Nate Piekos
Cover Art by Marguerite Sauvage

In a time of fickle gods and feckless governors, the world yearns for heroes! What it gets are the Fallbacks — a party of daring, dubious, and dysfunctional adventurers who arrive in the city of Loudwater in search of gold and glory. But an encounter with kobold thieves puts the Fallbacks in the crosshairs of a rival team of deeply annoying local heroes. Will the Fallbacks pull off a heist for the ages? Or will they sacrifice it all to put these “heroes” in their place?

Release Date: October 15, 2025

PCS NOTES: This looks the the makings of a good time. Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 10/15/2025” →

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 10/8/2025

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 10/8/2025

Posted on by Bob Harrison

Welcome to the New Number Ones!

Each week we bring you the list of new series and special editions coming this Wednesday. We are highlighting what you need to put in your cart at the comic shop or digital marketplace.

Wow! This is a big list of new number ones. Both Marvel and DC have kicked off their big fall crossover events, and particularly for Marvel, that means a bunch of renaming books and new numbering. Besides the Big Two, the smaller publishers have a bunch of really interesting looking new series kicking off this week.

One other note: We are encouraged to see that quite a few of the new creator-owned debuts this week are written by women. Keep it up industry.

We have an alphabetical list with cover art and the official solicitation text from the publishers of some of the cool new comics that are coming out this week. Check below for our PCS NOTES to find out what we just have to tell you about the new comics in question.

We have books on this week’s list from:  DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Mad Cave Studios, Ignition Press, Fantagraphics Books, Vault Comics, Oni Press, IDW Publishing, Abrams ComicArts, and Image Comics.

We will bring you reviews of these debut issues as they come out, and don’t forget to use the comments section to let us know what you think of this list.

New Series
New One-Shots and Special Editions

New Series This Week 

The Amazing Spider-Man: Torn #1
Marvel Comics
Written by J. Michael Straczynski
Art by Pere Pérez
Letters by Joe Caramagna
Cover Art by Adam Hughes

Straczynski is teaming up with fan-favorite artist Pere Pérez (TVA, Venom War: Carnage) to tell a story that takes readers back to Peter Parker’s college days at Empire State University. Expect appearances from Gwen Stacy, Harry Osborn, MJ, and Flash Thompson — plus classic villains and an all-new threat that could shake the Marvel Universe to its core.

Release Date: October 8, 2025

PCS NOTES: JMS returning to a monthly Spider-Man book is pretty exciting.

Amazing X-Men #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Jed MacKay
Art by Mahmud Asrar & Matt Wilson
Letters by Clayton Cowles
Cover Art by Asrar & Wilson

HOPE THEY SURVIVE THE EXPERIENCE!

X YEARS LATER, on the run after a deadly clash with Revelation’s chief assassin, the shattered X-Men desperately gamble everything on one last mission. With help from an unexpected ally, they venture into the haunted ruins of Graymalkin. What they find there may change everything… if they survive.

Release Date: October 8, 2025

PCS NOTES: This is one of the renamed/renumbered X-Books as a result of the Age of Revelation storyline. League of Comic Geeks has an excellent checklist for this event here.

Binary #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Stephanie Phillips
Art by Giada Belviso & Rachelle Rosenberg
Letters by Travis Lanham
Cover Art by Rickie Yagawa

THIS IS BINARY… AND THE UNIVERSE BURNS WITH HER!

X YEARS LATER, in the ashes of the old world, to survive she is reborn — a cosmic force channeling the Phoenix itself. With the universe crumbling, BINARY returns to save what’s left. But power this great always comes with a price… and the end of everything might begin with her.

Release Date: October 8, 2025

PCS NOTES: Phoenix has become Binary for the Age of Revelation.

DC K.O. #1
DC Comics
Written by Joshua Williamson & Scott Snyder
Art by Xermanico, Javier Fernández, & Alejandro Sánchez
Letters by Hassan Otsmane-Elhaou
Cover Art by Fernández & Sánchez

The Heart of Apokolips has transformed Earth into a hellscape in preparation for the return of Darkseid! The end of the DC Universe is here!

The Justice League’s only chance to defeat Darkseid is to enter a deadly tournament, an epic and over-the-top battle royale that will surprise you! The World’s Greatest Heroes fight to become the champion to enter the ring against Darkseid, but there’s a catch… the closer you get to the Heart of Apokolips, the more it corrupts you, changes you into something dangerous.

Which DC character has what it takes to make it to the end? Who is willing to do what it takes to win it all, even if it means taking down their friends and family? You want to get nuts? Let’s get nuts!

Release Date: October 8, 2025

PCS NOTES: DC’s big Royal Rumble kicks off here. Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 10/8/2025” →

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 9/3/2025

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 9/3/2025

Posted on by Bob Harrison

Welcome to the New Number Ones!

Each week we bring you the list of new series and special editions coming this Wednesday. We are highlighting what you need to put in your cart at the comic shop or digital marketplace.

September is here. The air is cooling, and this week there are so many new comic series debuting. There are new starts from almost all of the major comic publishers, and we love to see that.

We have an alphabetical list with cover art and the official solicitation text from the publishers of some of the cool new comics that are coming out this week. Check below for our PCS NOTES to find out what we just have to tell you about the new comics in question.

We have books on this week’s list from:  DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, DSTLRY Media, Mad Cave Studios, Archie Comics, Oni Press, Panick Entertainment, Titan Book, Cosmic Lion Productions, and Image Comics.

We will bring you reviews of these debut issues as they come out, and don’t forget to use the comments section to let us know what you think of this list.

New Series
New One-Shots and Special Editions

New Series This Week 

The Adventures of Lumen N. #1
Dark Horse Comics
Written by James Robinson
Art by Phil Hester, Marc Deering, & Bill Crabtree
Letters by Jim Campbell
Cover Art by Hester

The year is 1901 and our heroine Lumen is a precocious 13-year-old with many questions about her life. Why has her father been gone for years? Why must she learn so many languages and fighting techniques and what’s with all the lessons in seafaring? Then an attack on her home by a horde of steam-punk assassins delivers the first glimmer of an answer, when Lumen’s savior reveals himself as her grandfather, the legendary Captain Nemo, one of the greatest characters in Victorian science fiction literature. A brand-new world of steam-punk adventure and thrills is about to open up for Lumen as she connects with the grandfather she never knew while together they take on a cabal of evil masterminds, intent on world domination… a world full of heroes and villains from Victorian adventure and fantasy fiction.

Release Date: September 3, 2025

PCS NOTES: I love seeing that these creators collaborate on something new.

Adventures of Superman: The Book of El #1
DC Comics
Written by Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Art by Scott Godlewski & Alex Guimarães
Cover Art by Godlewski & Guimarães

PHILLIP KENNEDY JOHNSON AND SCOTT GODLEWSKI REUNITE TO CONTINUE THEIR SUPERMAN SAGA!

Superman returns! Fan-favorite Future State: Superman: House of El creators Phillip Kennedy Johnson and Scott Godlewski reunite for Adventures of Superman: Book of El! As the Super-Family settles into a well-earned time of peace, a powerful ally-turned-enemy invades Earth with an army at his back and a god-aspect of Olgrun, mad god of the First World. When even the Super-Family lacks the power to stop him, Superman is sent against his will to a place even he’s never been…where he’ll find allies he could never have expected. Concluding the events of Future State and Phillip Kennedy Johnson’s Action Comics, the next epic adventure begins here!

Release Date: September 3, 2025

PCS NOTES: We have been anticipating this series for a while now, and we are very excited to get it in our hands.

Artificial #1
Image Comics
Written by Maria Llovet
Art by Llovet
Cover Art by Llovet

At the center is Clara, a jaded fashion stylist who signs up for an advanced dating service that provides hyper-realistic android partners. But when her robotic dream date malfunctions and turns dangerously possessive, Clara is forced into a chilling fight for her freedom — and her life.

Release Date: September 3, 2025

PCS NOTES: If you are unfamiliar with the amazing talent that is Maria Llovet, here is your chance to correct that error.

Batman #1
DC Comics
Written by Matt Fraction
Art by Jorge Jiménez & Tomeu Morey
Letters by Clayton Cowles
Cover Art by Jiménez

A BOLD NEW ERA OF BATMAN STARTS HERE! A new day dawns for the Dark Knight Detective as Eisner Award-winning writer Matt Fraction (Hawkeye, Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen) joins forces with superstar artist Jorge Jiménez (Batman, Summer of Superman Special) for an unforgettable new era of Batman! The best superhero in comics gets a brand-new first issue to kick off this new era that will test Batman and Bruce Wayne like never before!

Release Date: September 3, 2025

PCS NOTES: The first new number one for the main Batman book in over NINE years is here. We are excited to see what this creative team has in store. Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 9/3/2025” →

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 8/13/2025

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 8/13/2025

Posted on by Bob Harrison

Welcome to the New Number Ones!

Each week we bring you the list of new series and special editions coming this Wednesday. We are highlighting what you need to put in your cart at the comic shop or digital marketplace.

Summer rolls on and we have a fresh batch of new comics hitting the shelf. We are excited about this list.

We have an alphabetical list with cover art and the official solicitation text from the publishers of some of the cool new comics that are coming out this week. Check below for our PCS NOTES to find out what we just have to tell you about the new comics in question.

We have books on this week’s list from:  DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Harper Collins, Alien Books, Dynamite Entertainment, Oni Press, and Image Comics.

We will bring you reviews of these debut issues as they come out, and don’t forget to use the comments section to let us know what you think of this list.

New Series
New One-Shots and Special Editions

New Series This Week 

Cemetery Kids Run Rabid #1
Oni Press
Written by Zac Thompson
Art by Daniel Irizarri & Brittany Peer
Cover Art by Irizarri

One year ago, four friends barely escaped the unrelenting terror of the video game called Nightmare Cemetery. After spending endless hours locked into the innovative Dreamwave—the first gaming console played entirely while you sleep—in order to save one of their own from the game’s all-too-real consequences, they survived . . . barely. But after their harrowing rescue, they’ve decided they’ve had enough of Nightmare Cemetery and its enigmatic final boss, the King of Sleep.

That is, until the newest DLC, The Blighted Sprawl, suddenly appears online with a promise to reveal the truth of what actually lurks at the heart of Nightmare Cemetery’s digital darkness . . . and why its effects are now bleeding out into the real world in an array of bizarre and disturbing new ways.

Release Date: August 13, 2025

PCS NOTES: We loved the first volume in this series and are excited for its return.

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers / Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles III #1
Boom! Studios
Written by Ryan Parrott
Art by Vincenzo Federici
Cover Art by Alessio Zonno

The crossover sensation is back for a third epic adventure! With Rita and Krang defeated, the bad guys aren’t cutting the Rangers and Turtles no slack! Lord Zedd and Shredder have a new plan to take down the radical teen heroes and if they don’t act carefully, they may just succeed.

The amazing new series from veteran Mighty Morphin Power Rangers writer Ryan Parrott and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Nation artist Vincenzo Federici kicks off with a moment you have to see to believe!

Release Date: August 13, 2025

PCS NOTES: We get more Ranger and  Turtle action.

Predator Kills the Marvel Universe #1
Marvel Comics
Written by Benjamin Percy
Art by Marcelo Ferreira, Daniel Picciotto, & Frank D’Armata
Cover Art by Leinil Francis Yu

It’s the bloody kickoff to an epic battle between the Predators and Marvel’s heroes! A Predator King, emboldened by a new vibranium arsenal and aided by a surprising human ally, launches an all-out invasion of Earth, claiming the planet as a hunting preserve! You’ll need to read to see just who — if anyone — will survive and to witness some shocking twists and turns as the entire Marvel Universe finds itself in the Predator’s tri-laser crosshairs!

Release Date: August 13, 2025

PCS NOTES: Chaos and carnage are sure to fill the pages of this book.  Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 8/13/2025” →

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 7/23/25

New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 7/23/25

Posted on by Bob Harrison

Welcome to the New Number Ones!

Each week we bring you the list of new series and special editions coming this Wednesday. We are highlighting what you need to put in your cart at the comic shop or digital marketplace.

There are some very cool new releases this week and comic news is sure to file the comicsphere in the next week with San Diego Comic-Con beginning today. Stay tuned.

We have an alphabetical list with cover art and the official solicitation text from the publishers of some of the cool new comics that are coming out this week. Check below for our PCS NOTES to find out what we just have to tell you about the new comics in question.

We have books on this week’s list from:  DC Comics, Abrams ComicArts, Dark Horse Comics, IDW Publishing, Mad Cave Studios, Dynamite Entertainment, Oni Press, and Image Comics.

We will bring you reviews of these debut issues as they come out, and don’t forget to use the comments section to let us know what you think of this list.

New Series
New One-Shots and Special Editions

New Series This Week 

Darren Aronofsky’s Human Nature #1
Abrams ComicArts
Written by Ari Handel, Darren Aranofsky, & Jeff Welch
Art by Martin Morazzo & Chris O’Halloran
Letters by Aditya Bidikar
Cover Art by Morazzo & O’Halloran

From Academy Award- nominated Darren Aronofsky and his film-making partner Ari Handel – the writer-producer-director team behind the Oscar award-winning Black Swan and instant classics The Fountain and Mother! – along with Jeff Welch comes a social satire of a bizarre yet fathomable future.

Drawn by comic book industry giant Martín Morazzo, Human Nature follows the ego-maniacal, Nebraska-based chicken magnate Duke. Duke has almost all the world’s resources at his disposal. Once a lowly everyday man, Duke managed to work (and intimidate) his way into an endless fortune. However, even though he has almost everything, there’s one thing even the richest man in the world can’t buy: immortality. Or can he?

Find out how a wealthy, lonely man tries to scheme his way into beating death, and the earth-shattering consequences of his actions! Strange, thought-provoking, and, at times, gruesome, read the mini-series Human Nature to get a glimpse of a future resulting from unchecked greed, corporate corruption, and ethically questionable science.

Release Date: July 23, 2025

PCS NOTES: This is an interesting concept.

Godzilla #1
IDW Publishing
Written by Tim Seeley
Art by Nikola Čižmešija, Francesco Segala, & Gloria Martinelli
Letters by Nathan Widick
Cover Art by Čižmešija

THE KAI-SEI ERA, IDW’S NEW GODZILLA UNIVERSE, STARTS HERE!

In 1954, experimentation with a mysterious energy source known as Kai-Sei awakened Godzilla and a host of immortal kaiju. In the years that followed, humanity has been pummeled by near-constant monster attacks. While Japan has begun to treat the kaiju like natural disasters, understanding that their attempts to fight Godzilla only make the threat worse, the American G-Force is going to fight, fight, fight.

The Americans have just discovered the ultimate tool in the fight against kaiju: a young boy named Jacen with the power of Godzilla. Able to harness the mysterious Kai-Sei in the same vein as the King of the Monsters, this boy will either save the world… or bring about its doom.

Join Tim Seeley (Grayson, Hack/Slash, Local Man) and Nikola Čižmešija (Sword of Azrael, Batman and Robin) on the ride of a lifetime!

Release Date: July 23, 2025

PCS NOTES: A new era of Godzilla stories, ushered in by Tim Seeley, sounds good to me. Continue reading “New Number Ones: New Comics Series and Specials Coming for the Week of 7/23/25” →